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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Hillsborough County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Tampa, FL | PUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL NEAR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD. AND HIGHLAND AVENUE IN TAMPA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210
WWUS82 KTBW 062012
SPSTBW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
412 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
FLZ051-062100-
HILLSBOROUGH-
412 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUSCH GARDENS TO WIMAUMA...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TEMPLE TERRACE TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF FISH
HAWK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT TAMPA EXECUTIVE
AIRPORT...MANGO...FLORIDA STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND ORIENT PARK...UNTIL
500 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 240 AND 266.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT
OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY
RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER
VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2816 8238 2765 8216 2766 8237 2781 8245
2782 8241 2784 8241 2783 8244 2786 8241
2789 8241 2792 8248 2787 8248 2811 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 158DEG 9KT 2801 8243 2768 8229
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Manatee | 63 min |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 13 min |
| Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 5 min |
| Aug 6, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 42 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.